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IT PROJECTS(UNDER CAO/FOIS)

PROGRESS AND CONCERNS

AUGUST 2006

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STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

1. OVERVIEW

2. AREAS REQUIRING BOARD’S INTERVENTION

3. PROJECT SPECIFIC DETAILS

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OUR TASK - THIS YEARSoftware User/SRS specifications, interaction with field

officers and CRIS, testing and field trial.

Deployment of hardware and connectivity equipments

i) TSS equipment = 4600*

ii) Routers = 500* Modems = 1700* pairs

Lan Extenders = 1013* pairs V-SATs = 950*

Humanware 9500 men to be trained

Connectivity and power supply

Sites = 1151*

Terminals = 3984*

Site identification and preparation

Sites = 1151*

Roll out Hand holding and commissIoning

*Plus issues related to 569 sites, 600 routers, 1200 pairs modems, 187 Lan Extenders, 235 VSATs, 616 terminals & 1400 TSS equipments that were commissioned till last year.

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GROWTH OF IT PROJECTS ON IR

IR’s capital budget for IT is Rs. 273 crore in 2006-07

It is projected to increase to about Rs. 900 crore to Rs. 1200 crore by 2010 – 2011

To make this scale of operation possible, requirement of space and other facilities for CRIS and FOIS organization needs to be significantly increased

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OUTLAY FOR PROJECTS UNDER CAO/FOIS

YEAR INVESTMENT

(Rs. in Crores)

Last 5 years’ average (2001-2006)

26.30

2006 – 2007 100 (approx.)

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IMPORTANT PROJECTS1. COA (Control Charting)

2. FOIS (Freight Operations Information System)

3. CMS (Crew Management System)

4. ICMS (Integrated Coach Management System)

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MAJOR ISSUES NEEDING BOARD’s INTERVENTION

CONTROL CHARTING

DATA LOGGER - INTEGRATION WITH CONTROL CHARTING (COA)

ALL PROJECTS

V-SAT – PERFORMANCE & EXPANSION

DISASTER RECOVERY SITE WITH STAND BY V-SAT HUB AT SC

POWER SUPPLY – CONNECTION FROM AT SUPPLY/STATION GENERATOR

POSTING OF OFFICERS - SUITABLE BACKGROUND, THEIR EXCLUSIVE USE FOR PROJECTS, CONSULTAION WITH CAO

INTEGRATED BUILDING COMPLEX(CAO & CRIS) – SANCTION ON OUT OF TURN BASIS

CMS

EDs COMMITTEE - TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCE IN PRACTICE OVER ZONES

INTEGRATION OF LOBBIES – BY ZONES BEFORE NOV. ‘06

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STATUS – CONTROL CHARTING (COA)

Pilot project under trial at Madurai and Trivandrum divisions of SRDOMs/SrDOMs visiting TVC/MDU and their reports being sent to CRIS continuously for necessary changes/enhancementsTender for customization of software for IR under finalization in CRIS. Tender for hardware and roll out to 23 divisions also under finalization in CRIS (Phase I)Strategy for roll out – In three phases Phase I – SR, SCR, SWR, CR, ECOR, SECR Phase II – WR, WCR, NCR, NR, NWR Phase III – SER, ER, ECR, NER. NFR(all detail at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)

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CONTROL CHARTING (COA) – TYPICAL CHARTChart and Advance Plotting

FOIS COIS NTES CMS

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ISSUES – CONTROL CHARTING (COA)

Integration with dataloggers (1437 already installed & number growing)

Integration with FOIS, COIS, CMS and other public interface systems like NTES, Call centers etc

Record keeping of Control chart information – policy for archival

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IMPACT ON TARGET – CONTROL CHARTING (COA)

Board’s target for IR (76 locations/ 284 boards) – Mar 2007

Latest review with CRIS indicates that software and hardware may become available by Dec 2006

Roll out @ 7 locations per month

Mar 2007 21 locations

Jun 2007 42 locations

Dec 2007 76 locations

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DECISION/ASSITANCE-COA

Telecom and C&IS directorates to resolve the issue of supply of data by datalogger vendors to enable development of interface of COA with networked dataloggers

Safety and C&IS directorates to help freeze archival policy

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ISSUES-FOIS

V-SAT INSTALLATION AT 214 TMS SITES

EQUIPMENTS AVAILABILITY

RAILWAY’S INVOLVEMENT

CHANGED TRAFFIC PATTERN

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FOIS TMS Module524* locations on IR (all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)

214 locations on VSAT

324 locations online covering 376 sites

126 locations printing RR online covering 176 sites

Around 1100 PCs and 400 printers supplied so far

668 PCs and 612 printers under supply (within 45 days)

*(3 locations of SR – 1 as P2, 1 closed, 1 HOM port location didn’t commission at all.)

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VSAT – BASIC FACTSON 21/12/04 BOARD (ML/MT/FC) APPROVED SETTING UP OF RAILWAY HUB & PURCHASE OF VSATs BY IRPMU WITH FOLLOWING FEATURES:

1. MASTER EARTH STATION IN KU BAND WITH AUTOTRACKING2. 200 VSAT TERMINALS WITH DATA & VOICE CAPABILITY3. SETTING UP OF NMS NETWORK4. PAYMENT TO DOT FOR COMMERCIAL/CAPTIVE VSAT SERVICES

WITH CUG CAPABILITY5. HIRING OF QUARTER TRANSPONDER6. AMC WITH OEM FOR MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR HUB &

TERMINAL7. CAO/FOIS TO MONITOR PROJECT & IRPMU TO NOMINATE ONE DY.

CSTE EXCLUSIVELY8. HIRE VSAT WITHIN 3 MONTHS & SETTING UP OF A HUB WITHOUT

AFFECTING FOIS TERMINAL

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TMS VSAT locations

214 TMS locations have to be

commissioned on VSATs by IRPMU

Railway Board’s target was June 2006.

IRPMU’s revised target is Sept 2006

74 VSATs covered upto 17.8.06

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IMPACT ON TARGET-FOIS

V-SAT DEPENDENT TMS SITES(214) WILL TAKE LONGER TO STABLISE

RESPONSE TIME ISSUES (1500 vs700 msecs)

CHANGE IN HUB FROM VENDOR’S TO OUR OWN (Realignment of each dish)

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Problems relating to the VSAT Network

Response time excessive – timed out if data packet size exceeds 1000 bytes

Voice communication yet to be provided

Video conferencing facility between CRIS, Railway Board and zonal railway HQs required

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GENERAL ISSUES- V-SAT

HECL CONTRACT - 235 (± 25%)

Requirement as of now - 477

HUB CAPACITY-500 (CAN GO UPTO 1000)

TRANSPONDER HIRING ISSUE

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DECISION/ASSITANCE-FOIS

Board’s directive for AT/generator supply from station to TMS site

Nomination of 2 Rates Inspectors by each zone to CAO/FOIS for verification of referential database and testing of software changes due to rates circulars

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STATUS-CMS

Detailed estimate of Rs 38.16 crores sanction by Railway Board.

302 lobbies to be covered, out of which 259 are integrated lobbies (presently around 60%).(all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)

Target for completion March 2007

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STATUS-CMSApplication under development and testing for Freight module Coaching, shunting and pilot module Suburban module

Site Preparation Lump sum amount sanctioned @ Rs 1,31,728 for major and Rs

82,890 for minor lobbies Target for readiness Aug 2006

Terminal Equipment Under vetting Target of Phase I supply - Dec 2006

Datacom Equipment Under vetting. Will be procured through CRIS

Training Core group and core implementers will be trained at CRIS Core group identified on all 16 zonal railways Training labs being set up at 5 locations

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ISSUES - CMS

Difference in interpretation of Board’s circulars by zonal railways in calculation of running allowance

Integration of lobbies

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IMPACT ON TARGET-CMSBoard’s target – 302 sites by Mar 2007Latest review with CRIS indicates software and hardware will be available only by Dec 2006. Going by the FOIS and other roll out experience, commissioning of 30 sites per month would be a reasonable target

March 2007 100 sites (DLI MUMBAI routes - 3)

Dec 2007 202 sites

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DECISION/ASSITANCE-CMS

Nomination of Committee of ED s of Electrical, Mechanical, Personnel & Finance for practice to be adopted for computation of running allowance and other issues / business reengineering

Details of sample issues

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STATUS-ICMSEnhanced scope

Punctuality Module Module is being tested on NDLS & MAS

Coaching Stock Management Module Being implemented in three phases Software ready and under field trials at Nizamuddin &

Chennai Ready for roll out

Timetabling Module Time table simulation module’s system requirements

under discussion

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Enhanced scope (contd)

Coaching Stock Maintenance Module Scope of Mechanical module has been enhanced from

capturing of coaching depot maintenance related activities to automation of C&W department

It covers 154 depots & 975 coaching locations. It covers 331 depots & 973 electrical locations. Scope of Electrical Maintenance module defines only 8

technical modules developed by NR under MIS projects. It also does not give assessment of hardware & user specifications.

STATUS-ICMS

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ICMS – Coaching Stock Management Module

Phase I – 114 terminals at 41 locations Target for implementation 31st Aug 2006

Phase II - 78 terminals at 34 locations Target for implementation 31st Oct 2006

Phase III - 128 terminals at 58 locations Target for implementation 31st Dec 2006

(all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)Training 186 staff from 136 locations trained so far Training labs being set up to take care of additional training needs

Equipment Thin clients and printers supplied to all locations Datacom equipment- 57 LAN extenders supplied. Rest under supply 14 locations commissioned – NR-1, WR-9, SECR-3 & SR-1 107 locations have been provided connectivity. Target likely to be met

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ISSUES-ICMSFreezing the scope of Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules – Railway Board

Supply of datacom equipment by CRIS & commissioning of 59 VSAT locations

450 pair modems PO placed. Supply in a month

144 pair LAN extenders

Supply completed

112 routers TC negotiation

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IMPACT ON TARGET-ICMS

Three months delay due to supply of UPS and datacom equipment

Mar 2007 Phase I & II – 192 locations

Jun 2007 All 320 locations

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DECISION/ASSITANCE-ICMS

C&IS directorate to facilitate freezing of scope for Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules in view of dropping of work from MIS

C&IS directorate to sanction & release funds for time tabling module.

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GENERAL ISSUES -INFRASTRUTURE

INVESTMENT

SPACE-BLDG

MANPOWER

DISASTER TOLERANCE – VSAT HUB

ISSUE

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GENERAL ISSUES -TRAINING

CURRICULAM IN TRAINING INSTITUTES-TRAFFIC,MECHANICAL,ELECTRICAL-MPP DTE’S ROLE

ADDITIONALTRAINING CENTERS –5 (DLI,SC,BB,HWH,TPJ)

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Increase in strength of FOIS and space requirement

Year

Approx IT budget

(Rs. Crore)

FOIS manpower

(total)

Manpower based

in HQ

Bare seating

space (sq m)

Support space

Training areas, central control

room etc.

Total space

requirement (sq

m)

2006-07 300 264 140 420 420 210 1050

2007-08 360 317 160 480 480 240 1200

2008-09 450 396 200 600 600 300 1500

2009-10 540 475 240 720 720 360 1800

2010-11 650 572 290 870 870 435 2175

2011-12 800 704 360 1080 1080 540 2700

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Projected growth of manpower in CRIS

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Trainees

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Help Desk

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DBA

Implementers (full-time)

Developers

Managers

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SPACE - CRIS location

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SPACE – Area with Railways

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Required facilities for expansion

Secure areas in redRestricted areas in orange Open access in

green

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